Bulgaria (Pravetz)

[Ilian Velikov]

First of all I have to say thanks to the creators of this site! I think it's gonna be a great forum!

I decided to start with some of the species inhabiting the area around my hometown - Pravetz. It's situated in the western Stara Planina Mts.( a.k.a. Balkan Mts.) on an alttitude of 440 - 500 m asl.
I'm living in Sofia now,but I often visit Pravetz to see my parents and the herps,of course The photos I'm posting are not from a single trip but are result from my observations on a particular area around a small pond near the forest surrounding the town.

B.bufo_Western Stara Planina Mts._Pravetz_471m asl_March2009_0-(7).jpg

B.bufo_Western Stara Planina Mts._Pravetz_471m asl_March2009_0-(10).jpg

S.salamandra_Western Stara Planina Mts._Pravetz_477m asl_March20090-(6).jpg

E.orbicularis_Western Stara Planina Mts._Pravetz_471m asl_March2009_0-(23).jpg

E.orbicularis_Western Stara Planina Mts._Pravetz_471m asl_March2009_0-(28).jpg

A.fragilis_Western Stara Planina Mts._Pravetz_469m asl__April2009b-(25).jpg

A.fragilis_Western Stara Planina Mts._Pravetz_469m asl__April2009b-(28).jpg

C.austriaca_Western Stara Planina Mts._Pravetz_474m asl_April2009b-(14).jpg

C.austriaca_Western Stara Planina Mts._Pravetz_474m asl_April2009b-(15).jpg

That's it for now! There other species which I haven't photographed,yet so there will be more from Pravetz!
Thak's for looking!

[Mario Schweiger]

Hello Ilian,

thanks for these nice pics!
I´m happy you like my new forum, although there are only a few postings now!

Mario

[Ilian Velikov]

Yeah..few posts but that's going to be changed,soon!

[Warren Laurde]

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[Vlad Cioflec]

Hey buddy, nice pics!
No go out and find some sauromates and eryx.

[Ilian Velikov]

Haha thanks,Vlad! I really wish to but it's not as easy as it sounds! You know that better!

[Ilian Velikov]

Hello everyone,

Here's an update to this post! I was in my hometown Pravetz,at "my" spot again and here's what I found:

Rana dalmatina

Rana dalmatina in situ

Rana dalmatina

[Jürgen Gebhart]

I like the first dalmatina shoot!!
Are Rana dalmantina more common in your area than Rana temporaria?

[Ilian Velikov]

Thanks,Jurgen!

Something went wrong with the internet while I was posting this..and I didn't even see that it was posted! This are not the only pics I was going to upload..there are more! I'll post them when I get home!

In that area there are no R.temporaria at all..and lots of R.dalmatina!

[Mario Schweiger]

Ilian and all others!

I see a lot of so called "orphaned" attachments (pictures) in my admin overlay. But I don´t know, to whom or which posting these belong.
Orphaned attachments are those, having been uploaded but not inserted into a posting, respectively this posting hasn´t been posted.
The images (for example) show:
birds (filename = bird_xx)
Lacerta and Podarcis (filename = number.img)
and some more.

If you all tell me, which photo (file name) belongs to which posting, I may insert those there!

Mario